Clothing swapWhat: West Ranch High School student Ashley Melanson and teacher Linda Cox host an environmentally friendly clothing exchange. The number of items you bring is the number of items you exchange/swap and can take home. Items not exchanged will be donated to Singles Mothers Outreach of Santa Clarita.When: 3-6 p.m.Where: West Ranch High School, 26255 Valencia Blvd.Contact: Linda Cox, e-mail LCox@HartDistrict.org. Find event information on Facebook by searching: “West Ranch High School Clothing Swap.”Vehicle workshop for womenWhat: A workshop for women that provides safety tips to help heighten your awareness of the hazards you face each and every time you use your vehicle.When: 5-7 p.m. Where: COC Valencia Campus, 26455 Rockwell Canyon RoadContact: Campus Safety Department, (661) 362-3229 or e-mail herb.williams@canyons.edu

2Day in HistoryToday is Thursday, April 22, the 112th day of 2010. There are 253 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On April 22, 1970, millions of Americans concerned about the environment observed the first “Earth Day.”Ten years ago: In a dramatic pre-dawn raid, armed immigration agents seized Elian Gonzalez from his relatives’ home in Miami; Elian was reunited with his father at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington.

Five years ago: Zacarias Moussaoui pleaded guilty in a federal courtroom outside Washington, D.C. to conspiring with the September 11th hijackers to kill Americans.

One year ago: President Barack Obama marked Earth Day with a pitch for his energy plan, calling for a “new era of energy exploration in America” during a visit to Newton, Iowa.

AP Odd NewsWoman, 89, grabs handgun and shoots at intruder DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An elderly Des Moines woman used a handgun to ward off a man who bashed in the front door of her home. Beatrice Turner said the man pounded on her door early Tuesday. Despite being told he had the wrong house, the man used his fists to break through the wood door.

The 89-year-old Turner said she grabbed a handgun and told the man she would shoot if he came inside. When the man entered, she fired a single shot.

A neighbor called police, who found 37-year old Nelson McAlpine standing on Turner’s front lawn. The uninjured McAlpine was arrested on a charge of second-degree burglary.

McAlpine is being held in the Polk County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bond. It wasn’t immediately determined if he has a lawyer.Utah woman sentenced in ‘surprise’ hammer-beating SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman has been sentenced to 30 days at home with an ankle monitor for blindfolding her husband and promising him a surprise before hitting him in the head with a hammer three years ago.

Amy Teresa Ricks also was sentenced to probation and community service Monday in 3rd District Court. The 37-year-old pleaded guilty to second-degree felony aggravated assault in February.

Prosecutors have agreed to reduce the conviction to a third-degree felony after Ricks completes probation. They also agreed to let Ricks seek expungement of the crime after seven years.

Ricks’ husband suffered minor injuries in the May 2007 attack. At the time of her plea, Ricks’ defense attorney said the two were still married but were separated.

Worker punched after confronting man about odor BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Police said a Cost Cutter store employee was punched in the mouth after he confronted a customer about his body odor. Police spokesman Mark Young told The Bellingham Herald that police went to the store after a report of a fight and found employees holding down a man.

The newspaper said customers apparently complained while the man was in the store Sunday, and the employee decided to discuss it with him when he returned the next day.